That according to brilliant constitutional scholar MSNBC’s David “biased in favor of facts” Shuster, who matter-of-factly insists the “general welfare” clause in Article 1 of the Constitution “unambiguously authorizes” social welfare spending like “social security, Medicare, veterans’ care, etc.”

Shuster made his comments today shortly after 4:30[2] p.m. EDT in reaction to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), who recently suggested that Tenth Amendment grounds could be a means of opposing as unconstitutional certain Democratic health care proposals.